PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2015120030 — ACETONE — BAKERSFIELD, CA

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Incident I-2015120030PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2015120030. Incident date: 2015-08-26. Location: BAKERSFIELD, CA. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: AMBER CHEMICAL INC. Shipper: AMBER CHEMICAL, INC.. Materials: UN1090; ACETONE; hazard class 3; 30 LGA released | UN1791; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 600 LGA released | UN1805; PHOSPHORIC ACID SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 40 LGA released | UN1823; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLID; hazard class 8; 5 SLB released. What failed: Tank Shell. How failed: Burst or Ruptured. Reported failure causes: Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage. Reported result: Spillage. Reporter-submitted DOT Form 5800.1 data may be incomplete, corrected, supplemented, or misreported. A record, serious-incident classification, failure description, or relationship to a reporting rule is not a PHMSA causal finding, compliance determination, or finding of a violation.#

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